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Good Design 1952, Chicago, IL, New York, NY 1952

Good Design 1952 was a furniture and decorative arts trade show co-sponsored by the Merchandise Mart, Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition opened in Chicago before moving to New York. Rudolph designed the exhibit areas.

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What in your opinion, are three of some of the greatest works of modern architecture and why?

Paul Rudolph:

I feel the Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoie [Poissy, France, 1929] demonstrated the sense of continuity of space, the unfolding space, in an admirable way. It also stated eloquently Le Corbusier’s feeling about man’s relationship to nature, which has proved to be prophetic.